Edgar Sekloka

Within a hyperactive week of studio recording in Lomé Togo, Yao Bobby and Edgar Sekloka produced 5 tracks from scratch – together with skilled musicians and a patient sound engineer. The EP «Ispasskoi?» is available for download via Bandcamp for free.

Another track from the 1+1 recording week in Lomé, Togo. Furthermore Benjamin LeBrave, founder of the Akwaaba record label in Accra, talked to 1+1 featured artist Yao Bobby about state pressure and his way to keep on standing straight.

Edgar Sekloka aka Suga is an author, poet, composer and rapper from Paris. Instead of having a journalist perspective on the artist we asked Apkass, another great contemporary poet, to drop a few lines about Sekloka. An art work by itself.

Inspired by panafricanist thought, Togolese rapper Yao Bobby browses the past to build the future in a country that is misruled by the same family since almost 50 years. In and beyond Togo, other rapping companions follow a similar approach.

Within a hyperactive week of studio recording in Lomé Togo, Yao Bobby and Edgar Sekloka produced 5 tracks from scratch – together with skilled musicians and a patient sound engineer. «Kilodé» means «What’s going on?» and is the main track.